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58 and said in their hearts that there is no God—though they knew well that they must die. 59 For just as the things that I have predicted await[a] you, so the thirst and torment that are prepared await them. For the Most High did not intend that anyone should be destroyed; 60 but those who were created have themselves defiled the name of him who made them, and have been ungrateful to him who prepared life for them now.

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  1. 2 Esdras 8:59 Syr: Lat will receive

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